Necktie-turner.



. PATENTED APR. 145-1908.

' W. J. DRYDEN. NEGKTI'IE TURNER.

APPLICATION FILED D30 26 1907 dem.

jizwizio 1- 4 mm J07" WILLIAM J. DRYDEN, on ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

NEGKTIE-TURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Application filed December 26, 1907. Serial No. 408,138.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. DRYDEN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Necktie- Turners, of which the following is aspecification containing a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a necktie turner, my object being to construct asimple device and apparatus to be utilized in turning or reversing thebodies or outer coverings of neckties, and to provide means forconveniently holding the necktie lining or padding so that when the bodyor covering of the tie has been turned the lining or pad is properlypositioned therein.

A further object of my invention is to construct a necktie turner withlining engaging devices which hold the lining at both ends, and one ofwhich devices is adjustable for linings of difierent lengths.

A further object of my invention is to generally improve theconstruction of the device described in an application for patent filedby me October 8, 1907, Serial No. 396,506.

To the above purposes, my invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter morefully set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in theaccomp anying'drawings, in which;-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a necktie turner of my improvedconstruction; Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of the turning blade orplate, and showing the adjustable clamp or engaging device thereon;'Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig.4is a plan view of the forward end of the turning blade or plate.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings :1 designates a base,in the form of a rectangular block, supported on legs 2 and in one sideof said base, near the top, is formed a horizontally dis osed opening 3,and immediately below this opening is a small opening 4.

5 designates the body of the turner, which is in the form of anelongated plate, corresponding in sha e to the shape of the ties to beturned; and ormed integral with the forward end of said late is a prong6. Fixed to the rear end of the plate-is a cylindrical handle 7, whichis adapted to snugly fit in the opening 3, thereby holding the turner ina in tubular form and .ranged on that portion of the horizontalposition. Arranged to slide longitudinally on the plate, adjacent thehandle 3, is a clamp or. engaging device, com rising a plate 8, whichrests on top of the p ate 5, with its side edges 9 bent beneath theedges of said late 5. Integral with the rear end of the p ate 8 is anear 10, by means of which said plate is shifted; and fixed on top of theplate, in any suitable manner, is a housing 11, in which is held a flatspring 12, the free end of which normally bears on the cross bar 13 of aclamping plate 14, which, when swung downward into a horizontal plane,bears on the ends of the tie linings positioned on the plate 5.Detachably seated in the opening 4 is a rod or rail 15, which serves asa support for the tie linings and coverings.

-When a turner of my improved construction is in use, the handle 7 18inserted in the opening 3, thus rigidly supporting the plate 5, and a ador tie ining is positioned on top of said p ate 5, with the narrow endof said lining engaged on the prong 6, and the opposite end held beneaththe spring pressed clamping plate 14.

The small end of the tie covering, which is wrong side out, is nowengaged upon the prong 6; and said covering is sli ped over the plate 1on which the lining is he d; and by said movement the covering or bodyof the tie is reversed or turned right side out; and when the turningoperation is completed, the lining or pad is properly positioned insidethe covering. he clamping plate 14 is now elevated to release the endof. the tie lining, and said lining and the tie covering are now removedfrom the plate.

By the use of a device of my improved construction, the turningoperation can be very ra idly performed, hussaving much time, la or, andexpense in the manufacture of neckwear, and the tie linings are held inconvenient position on the plate, with both ends engaged, and one of theengaging devices is adjustable for tie linings of different lengths.

I claim 1. In a necktie turner the combination with a base in which isformed an aperture, of a plate, one end of which is seated in theaperture, a prong integral with the op osite end of the p ate, and. aclamp adjustab y arlate adjacent the end which is seated in the ase.

2. In a necktie turner, the combination with a base in which is formedan aperture, of a plate, a handle formed on one end of the plate, whichhandle is detachably arranged in the aperture in the base, a prongintegral with the, opposite end of the plate, and a clamp adjustablyarranged on the plate adj acent the handle.

3. In a necktie turner, the combination with a base in which is formedan aperture, of a plate, a handle formed on one end of the plate, whichhandle is detachably arranged in the aperture in the base, a prongintegral with the opposite end of the plate, a clamp adjustably arrangedon the plate adjacent the handle, and a rod having one end seated in thebase adjacent the handle of the plate.

4. In a necktie turner, the combination with a base in which is formedan aperture,

1 an elongated plate tapering from one end to the other, a handle formedon the wide end of the plate and which handle is seated in the base, apron on the opposite end of the plate,

j an adjustabIe clamp arranged on the plate I adjacent the handle, and asupporting rod seated in the base and lying parallel with the plate.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of twb subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. DRYD I5: I/Vitnesses:

M. P. SMITH, E. L. WALLACE.

